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La plus belle du monde! | Guarding Pont Alexandre III - May 2007 |
Paris is Paris... The most spectacular metropolis in this world, one which numerous cities have tried to emulate in the past. Much has been written about this beautiful city, but here is an excerpt that describes how best to discover the City of Light: |
| The Champs Elysées in Autumn |
|  | "You drift in Venice, you meander in Rome, you wander in Madrid. In New York, you go from point A to point B. You often get lost in Tokyo. You always find your way in Marrakesh. In London, you can catch a taxi; in Seville a sunstroke. But only in Paris do you stroll. Sometimes this strolling lasts a lifetime. Paris is quite small for lovers. It's a city that you learn on foot. With the Seine as your guide, the Eiffel Tower and the Tower of Montparnasse, the Butte Montmartre and Bercy as cardinal points, you are not afraid of getting lost or being bored for very long. The landscape changes constantly. There are benches to stop for a while. Cafés to quench your thirst... One of the best lit, best maintained, most logical cities in the movement of its traffic, Paris, where all you have to do is let your eyes and the soles of your shoes guide you, is a reassuring city... One does not decide on the joy of living in Paris, one comes to grips with it while walking around."
-- François Baudot (art & literary critic; Elle Magazine editorial consultant) in the introduction to the illustrated book by Assouline Publishing, entitled: PARIS. |
| | Our stroll around the City of Lights begins at the Eiffel Tower. From there to the Arc de Triomphe, through the Champs-Elysées and the Opera, with a few diversions eastwards to Place de la Bastille, before heading south and west through the Saint-Germain area. We end at l'Ecole Militaire, in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower again, right where we started. Bonne promenade! |
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Redang Fri Nov 7, 2008 06:27 UTC
In realiy, I went to Paris when I was a kid many years ago, so, I want to go back like if it was the first time | uglyscot Thu Oct 30, 2008 13:08 UTC
I wish I'd seen your pages before we went in April, though we had a great tour with business acquaintances, especiallyu to Place des Vosges | AgentBrittany83 Tue Sep 30, 2008 04:56 UTC
Great tips and pictures of Paris! Paris has been a dream of mine since I was a child and come December that dream will finally come true for me when I spend a few days there. :) | BeatChick Tue Aug 12, 2008 18:29 UTC
Ohhh, thank you so much for the tolling bells of Notre Dame video - to hear that beautiful music! Yes, I said, yes, yes!! |
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